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The mammals include long-tounged bat Scleronycteris ega (VU), two endemic primates, the white uakari monkey Cacajao calvus calvus which is found only within the Reserve and the blackheaded squirrel monkey Saimiri vanzolinii.
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Representative snakes include the Trans-Pecos ratsnake (Elaphe subocularis), Texas blackheaded snake (Tantilla atriceps), and whipsnakes (Masticophis taeniatus and M. flagellum lineatus).
Chihuahuan desert 2008
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Upon the willow trees which border it, a reed-sparrow or blackheaded bunting may often be observed.
Nature Near London Richard Jefferies 1867
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My small blackheaded gull Jack is still flourishing, and the time is coming when I look for that singularly sudden change in the plumage of his head which took place last March.
The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century Two Lectures delivered at the London Institution February 4th and 11th, 1884 John Ruskin 1859
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Over 440 different birds have been recorded at Chitwan, including the Indian peafowl, the tuneful blackheaded oriole, the openbill stork -- and, well, 437 others.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
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(The titmouse is said to lay a very large quantity of eggs: next to the ostrich the blackheaded tit is said by some to lay the largest number of eggs; seventeen eggs have been seen; it lays, however, more than twenty; it is said always to lay an odd number.
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